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We work with Cambridge County Council's Participation Team to create opportunities for young people to visit the University and learn more about it. The following events are scheduled for the 2019/2020 academic year. SuperStar workshops 12 workshops are planned for young people aged 7 to 11. These half-day visits will be held throughout the year, at times when young people are not at school. If participants complete 8 of the 12 workshops, they will be awarded the nationally recognized SuperStar Crest Award. Please note, workshops will only run if we have a sufficient number of attendees (usually around 3+ participants). Explore University Days Explore University Days are for young people aged 12-15. Participants visit the University for two days and take part in a variety of university-related workshops, and other fun activities. Previous participants have joined in the following: • Visited the Sports Centre • Took part in a Neuroscience workshop • Enjoyed a two-course meal at a University College Dates will be confirmed in early December 2019, and a schedule for event will follow in the New Year. Events for post-16 students If you are studying for your post-16 qualifications and are considering applying for Cambridge or would like to find out more about a specific subject, the following events might be for you: • University and College Open Days • Subject Masterclasses • Cambridge Science Festival 1.What can the participants do in SuperStar workshops？ A.To stay only half a day. B.To get a gift. C.To enjoy a free meal. D.To visit the Sports Centre. 2.Which event is specially for applicants of Cambridge？ A.SuperStar workshops. B.The Neuroscience workshop. C.Explore University Days. D.Events for post-16 students. 3.The events in the passage most probably aim to . A.introduce some courses B.advertise Cambridge University C.enrich students’ spare time life D.promote children’s interest in touring
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The 3D-printing industry is accelerating its efforts to help fight the new coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19. On Tuesday, HP announced it’s working with those who bought its 3D printers to make medical face shields, hands-free door openers and an adjuster for face masks for medical staff who often must wear them for hours. It’s also testing “hospital-grade” face masks meeting the higher-end FFP3 (过滤式面罩) standard and parts for simple emergency ventilators (呼吸机) and it’s looking into nasal swabs to test for COVID-19 infection. HP also is offering free downloads of its 3D-printed medical equipment designs. Carbon, whose 3D printers are used to make everything from bicycle seats to teeth straighteners, said it plans to send face shield designs to its network of customers who’ve bought its 3D printers. Carbon co-founder and Executive Chairman Joseph DeSimone said on Monday the company expects to send the designs by early Tuesday. 3D-printcr makers typically sell their products to others that actually do the 3D printing. One such customer, Ford, said Tuesday that it’s made 1,000 face shields and shipped them to Michigan hospitals, with plans to make 100,000 face shields a week. It is also working with 3M and General Electric on respirator masks and ventilator designs. The effort is one of several to apply 3D-printing technology to the fight against coronavirus. 3D printing isn’t as fast at churning out products as conventional mass production methods. But 3D printers are flexible and able to make many different parts anywhere there’s a printer and raw materials like the plastic resins Carbon printers use. Some 3D-printing efforts have focused on ventilators, which expected to be in short supply with a surge of COVID-19 patients suffering from respiratory (呼吸器官) problems. Also in short supply arc N95 masks that can be useful in reducing the likelihood a wearer will spread COVID-19 to others. Carbon’s DeSimone is cautious about the enthusiasm, though, saying that regulatory approval is important and that 3D-printcr enthusiasts shouldn’t be making components not intended for close human contact that might release unhealthy gases. 1.What is the passage mainly about? A.An introduction about 3D-printing. B.The 3D-printing industry’s efforts to help fight COVID-19. C.The products that 3D-printing makers sell. D.How 3D-printing makers produce medical equipment. 2.HP announced to help its customers to make the following products except for_____________. A.medical face shields B.hands-free door openers C.an adjuster for face masks D.emergency ventilators 3.Which of the following is true according to the passage? A.Carbon’s company will finish its design after Tuesday. B.Ford has made 1,000 face shields end plans to make 10,000 more in a week. C.3D printers are more flexible than traditional mass production methods. D.Most 3D-printings focus on making ventilators and N95 because of their short supply. 4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A.3D-printing may release unhealthy gases. B.DeSimone is cautious about 3D-printing. C.Carbon’s company didn’t gain regulatory approval of making medical equipment. D.3D printers aren’t enthusiastic about making components designed for close human contact.
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Imagine that you’re the creator and show runner of the newest comedy show on television. Only it isn’t so popular yet, and your live Studio audience isn’t giving you the big laughs the show deserves. Do you film the show all over again, hoping that this time the audience will laugh? Or is there another option for making a joke sound funnier than it was received? Sweeten(改善) the sound by adding a laugh track! “Sweetening,” or the addition of sound effects such as laughs, screams, and other audience-produced noises to the audio track of a TV show, has been used since the 1940s to produce the appearance, or rather the sound, of an engaged and entertained response to a show’s comedy. Laugh tracks came into existence as not only a solution, and sometimes replacement, for an unengaged live audience but also as a way to engage an at-home audience into a more-traditional, public, and theaterlike experience. Adding a laugh track to a television show makes the viewers at home feel much less like they’re sitting on a couch staring at the television screen and much more like they’re in a room full of laughing happy people to varying degrees of success. Though the art of sweetening has risen and fallen in popularity over the past 60 years, credit for its creation and continued use is owed to laugh-track pioneer and sound engineer Charles Douglass. Douglass was the first to develop, in 1953, a machine for producing “canned laughter”, accessible at the push of a button or pull of a lever (操纵杆). Despite being artificial, sensibly edited laugh tracks are found by television studios to bring about a positive audience response, as their use is usually accompanied by higher ratings and increased audience memory. Though some television audiences may disagree with the value of the laugh track, the cheerful and repetitive sound holds a permanent place in the history and future of television comedy. 1.The author uses the first paragraph to . A.introduce the topic “sweetening” B.seek solutions for the problem C.point out a way of making comedies D.arouse readers’ interest in comedies 2.What effect does a laugh track produce? A.The creation of a show. B.Funnier sound in a show, C.More engaged live audience D.Communication among TV viewers. 3.What’s the author’s attitude towards the use of the laugh track? A.Doubtful. B.Positive. C.Neutral (中立的). D.Uncertain, 4.What does the passage mainly talk about? A.The reason for using laugh tracks. B.The brief history of laugh tracks. C.The development of TV comedies. D.The way to improve television shows.
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You may think that creativity and artistic judgment are what sets humans apart from artificial intelligence (AI). Robots will be washing our windows long before they start creating masterpieces Right? Not necessarily. At Amper Music (www.ampermusic.com), you can make the music you want based on mood, instrument, speed and length. You click “Render,” and boom! There’s your original piece, not only composed (作曲) but also “performed” and “mixed” by AI software. But something has kept bothering me: What happens in a world where effort and scarcity (稀缺) are no longer part of the definition of art? A mass-produced print of the Mona Lisa is worth less than the actual Leonardo painting. Why? Scarcity—there’s only one of the original. But Amper turns. professional-quality original piece of music every time you click “Render.” It puts us in a strange world where works of art are unique but require almost zero human effort to produce. Should anyone pay for these things? And if an artist puts AI masterpieces up for sale, what should the price be? That’s not just a thought experiment either. Soon the question “What’s the value of AI artwork and music?” will start impacting flesh—and—blood consumers. It has already, in fact. Earlier, reporters discovered something suspicious (可疑的) about many playlists of Spotify—another online music service. According to the report, the composers and bands who wrote the songs appeared to be nonexistent. These playlists have names like Peaceful Piano and Ambient Chill—exactly the kind of music AI software is good at. Is Spotify using software to compose music to avoid paying fees to human musicians? The New York Times reported that the tracks with false names have been played 500 million times, which would ordinarily have cost Spotify $3 million in payments. But Spotify has firmly denied that the tracks in question were created by “fake” artists to avoid payments: while posted under pennames, they were written by actual people receiving actual money for work that they own. But the broader issue remains. Why couldn’t Spotify, or any music service, start using AI to produce free music to save itself money? Automation (自动化) is beginning to replace millions of human taxi drivers, truck drivers and fast-food workers. Why should artists and musicians be an exception to the same economics? Should there be anything in place—a union, a law---to stop that from happening? Or will we always value human-produced art and music more than machine-made stuff? Once we’ve answered those questions, we can settle the really big one: When an AI—composed song wins the Grammy, who will be awarded? 1.What do we know from the example of Amper Music? A.It doesn’t need any human effort to compose music. B.It allows ordinary people to perform their own music. C.It makes a challenge to the traditional definition of art. D.It produces music works that are similar in styles. 2.The underlined part in Paragraph 4 implies that ________. A.it is hard to tell AI artworks apart from human artworks B.people will be charged for AI art in the near future C.people don’t know what price of AI art is reasonable D.the scarcity of AI artworks means it is one of a copy 3.Spotify was covered in the media because ________. A.AI music can be performed free of charge B.its musicians might not be paid fairly C.playlists of its music did not actually exist D.AI software has replaced human musicians 4.The writing purpose of this passage is to ________. A.draw deserved attention to AI-made artworks B.warn against the immediate threat from Al art C.support the use of Al software in art creation D.solve misunderstandings about AI’s role in art
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Shopping therapy （疗 法）is the practice of using the shopping experience to help overcome depression or other emotional problems. 1. Actually, it really works. 2. One of the most obvious things is the enjoyment people get from the items they buy. When people shop, they often buy things they really care about on some level. For example, when people come home with a new shirt or a new computer, they assume that the item is going to improve their lives in some way. This can help reduce many feelings of unhappiness. 3. Some experts think humans are linked with the need to constantly achieve and fight for improvement. People make a decision to buy something, and then actually follow through this plan. This is one way people can take action to directly change their own lives for the better. People who don't actually have any money to buy things still benefit from shopping therapy. For them, simply browsing （浏览）can be a nice experience. That's because it helps them form future shopping plans. 4. The simple act of leaving home and spending time around other humans is another possible reason for the effectiveness of shopping therapy. 5. Many people even use shopping as a specific social activity by bringing friends along with them and turning the process into a pleasant one. A.So why not shop until you start feeling better? B.So how do people benefit from shopping therapy? C.These plans offer great expectation and hope in their life. D.Many people shop for this reason without even realizing it. E.People can have the feeling of achievement after shopping. F.Many people have gone into debt due to shopping addiction. G.There is sometimes a sense of community in the shopping experience.
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Experts are warning about the risks of extreme fussy eating(挑食)after a teenager developed permanent sight loss after living on a diet of chips and crisps. Since leaving___ school, the teen had been eating only French fries, Pringles and white bread, as well as a(n)___ slice of ham or a sausage. At the age of 14, feeling tired and not well, he was diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency(缺乏)and was___ supplements(补充剂), but he did not___ the treatment or improve his poor diet. Three years later, he was taken to the Bristol Eye Hospital because of progressive___ loss. Dr Denize Atan, who___ him at the hospital, said, “The teenager explained this eating disorder as a dislike of certain textures of food that he really could not____, and so chips and crisps were really the only types of food that he wanted and felt that he could eat.” __ in B12 as well as some other important vitamins and minerals, he was not over or underweight, but was____ malnourished (lacking nutrition) from his food intake disorder. “He had lost minerals from his bone, which was really quite___ for a boy of his age.” In terms of his sight loss, he met the___ for being registered blind. Dr Atan said, “He can’t drive and would find it really difficult to____, watch TV or recognize faces. He can walk around on his own,____, because he doesn’t lose peripheral( 周 边 的 )vision.” The condition the young man has is treatable___ diagnosed early. Left too long, however, the nerve fibers in the optic nerve die and the damage becomes____. Dr Atan said cases like this are thankfully uncommon, but that parents should___ the potential harm that can be caused by picky eating, and seek expert help. Dr Atan said vegans(素食主义者)are also at increased risk of B12 deficiency-related sight problems if they do not replace what they can lack when___ meat from their diet. “Multivitamin tablets can supplement a diet, but are not a(n) ___ for eating healthily. It’s much better to___ vitamins through a varied and balanced diet,” she said, adding that too much of certain vitamins, including vitamin A, can be____, “so you don’t want to overdo it”. 1.A.vocational B.primary C.middle D.special 2.A.funny B.rigid C.occasional D.raw 3.A.forbidden B.denied C.prescribed D.offered 4.A.stick with B.cope with C.play with D.go with 5.A.diet B.sight C.weight D.wit 6.A.cured B.studied C.instructed D.treated 7.A.describe B.recognize C.tolerate D.receive 8.A.Abundant B.Lost C.Backward D.Lacking 9.A.severely B.scarcely C.seemingly D.sincerely 10.A.amusing B.normal C.shocking D.typical 11.A.situations B.criteria C.deadlines D.challenges 12.A.read B.sing C.dance D.laugh 13.A.even B.though C.still D.yet 14.A.since B.unless C.after D.if 15.A.persistent B.periodic C.persevering D.permanent 16.A.wake up to B.live up to C.stand up to D.come up to 17.A.excluding B.separating C.including D.distinguishing 18.A.companion B.substitute C.suggestion D.explanation 19.A.take off B.take after C.take in D.take over 20.A.rewarding B.compulsory C.restrictive D.poisonous
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：（1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； （2）只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 The book I’m reading of talks about the afternoon tea in Britain. According to the book, it is called the afternoon tea today starts in the early 1800’s. Having tea in the later afternoon provided a bridge between lunch and dinner, which might not being served until 8 o’clock in the evening. Interestingly, the afternoon tea customs soon led to a rapid grow in the porcelain industry. Tea in China was traditionally drank from cups without handles. When tea became popularity in Britain, there was a crying need for the porcelain industry to produce cups with handles to suit new need.
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请阅读下面文字及图表，并按照要求用英语写一篇120词左右的文章。 In a recent survey of 300 Chinese born after 1990, 54 percent of the respondents said they had hair loss, 51 percent had poorer eyesight, 45 percent gained weight and 35 percent had weakened immunity. At the same time, about 65 percent said they always stayed up late. Meanwhile, 56.7 percent of interviewees said they didn’t know how to live a healthy life. Wu Feng, who works at a private company in Beijing, was warned in this year’s physical examination report about hyperlipemia, a condition which he ascribed (归因于) to his diet and the fast pace of his life and work. “At work, I usually sit in the office for hours without moving my body. And when I eat at the canteen, the food is quite oily. What’s more, I like to order fast food, such as fried chicken, at night when I work extra hours,” Wu said. A post-90s programmer Wang Ke has been seeing abnormal parameters in his medical report in the past few years. He knew he had some bad habits, but it was not easy for him to change. “I know drinking too much milk tea is unhealthy, but I couldn’t stop myself,” he said.
（写作内容）（1）用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容； （2）结合上述信息，简要分析不健康的生活方式的危害； （3）根据你的实际情况，谈谈如何拥有健康的生活方式。 （写作要求）（1）写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句； （2）作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称； （3）不必写标题。 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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